Object data
nishikie, with metallic pigments
height 207 mm × width 182 mm
Totoya Hokkei
Spectades on a Scroll
Japan, Japan, 1823
Provenance
…; purchased from the dealer Bernard Haase, London, by J.H.W. Goslings (1943-2011), Epse, near Deventer, 1999;1 by whom donated to the museum, 1999
Object number: RP-P-1999-238
Credit line: Gift of J.H.W. Goslings, Epse
Copyright: Public domain
Context
The Three Famous Views of Japan, Nihon no sankei, are Matsushima in Mutsu Province, not far from Sendai; Amanohashidate in Tango Province; and Itsukushima in Aki Province. They were first defined by Hayashi Shunsai (1618-80) in his Reflections on the Remains of Japan's Achievements, Nihonkoku jisekiko, of 1643.
The artist
Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850) was a pupil of Katsushika Hokusai, although he was first trained in the Kano painting tradition and used the art-names Kyosai and Aoigaoka. He was one of the most prolific designers of surimono in the 1820s and early 1830s, and also illustrated numerous collections of kyoka poetry.
Entry
A still life of a partly unrolled handscroll, a pipe and a pair of glasses with its pouch.
The Eight-petalled Plum, Yabai, from A Series for the Hanazono Poetry Club, Hanazono bantsuzuki.
According to the Chinese text in the panel at right, the eight-petalled plum is found at the temple Zuiganji at Matsushima. The partly opened scroll also features a view of Matsushima, one of the Three Famous Views of Japan, Nihon no sankei (cf. RP-P-1958-574).
One poem by Rokutokuen Tsurumaru from Senpu, i.e., Sendai. In his poem, Tsurumaru gives the subject of the scroll as a view of Matsushima (cf. RP-P-1958-574); the Chinese poem refers to a miraculous plum tree at the temple Zuiganji at Matsushima, which bears eight fruits for each of its flowers.
Issued by the Hanazonoren
Signature reading: Hokkei
Literature
M. Forrer, Surimono in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Leiden 2013, no. 317
Citation
M. Forrer, 2013, 'Totoya Hokkei, Spectades on a Scroll, Japan, 1823', in Surimono from the Goslings Collection in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.359193
(accessed 22 September 2024 02:29:03).